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Clovis culture, a group of Paleo-Indians (see Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the, study of the origins of the aboriginal peoples of the Americas. Archaeologists believe humans had entered and occupied much of the Americas by the end of the Pleistocene epoch , but the date of their original entry into the ..... Click the link for more information. ) known through artifacts first excavated in the early 1930s near Clovis, N.Mex. The artifacts, including chipped flint points known as Clovis points and a variety of additional stone tools, were found along with remains of large mammals, particularly extinct mammoths. The remains, which date from 10,000 to 9000 B.C., were found widely in North America, especially on the Great Plains. Like Folsom points (see Folsom culture Folsom culture (fŏl`səm, fŭl`–) ..... Click the link for more information. ), Clovis points show a distinct lengthwise groove (known as fluting) on each face that served to enhance the hafting to spear shafts. Clovis groups are the earliest definitively dated human populations in the Americas, and the earliest known big-game hunters. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This Clovis culture was assumed to have lasted from about 12,000 BP (years before present) to about 10,000 BP. Clovis culture may have flourished first in the southeastern United States and then spread westward, McAvoy proposes. But the Alaska discovery is not as old as the 11,500-year-old human bones from what is called the Clovis culture, which ranged between Wyoming and New Mexico. |
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